Improvement in quartz-mill feeders



T. J. woon.Y

lluartz Mill Feeders.

Patented Oct. 6, 1874.

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THOMAS J. WOOD, OF SONORA, GAL., ASSIGNOR TO JOHN D. REDMOND.

IMPROVEMENT lN QUARTZ-MILL FEEDERS.

Specification forming part of' Letters Patent No. 155,628, dated October6, 18'74'; application led June 4, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. WOOD, of

Sonora, Tuolumne county, State of California, have invented an improvedmachine to be used as a substitute for manual labor in feedingcrushing-mills, particularly applicable to mills used for crushingquartz and other Vmetalliferous ores, and l do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description of said machine and invention.

The machine, as a Whole, consists of a hopper, into Which the rock orother matter to be crushed is put; of a trough, supplied by and from theaforesaid hopper and placed immediately under it, and connectedtherewith by hinges, and intended to supply and so placed as to let thematter to beorushed fall in-to the battery and under the stamps or,otherapplianoes used for crushing the material, at such times aud'in suchquantity as the stamps require material for crushing; ofaspring madeofsteel, or of india-rubber and iron in alternate layers, placed under thetrough, and intended to regulate the supply of the raw material to thebattery; and of a straight rod, made of iron or other material, goingthrough a cross-piece "fastened to the trough, said rod being securedbrating rod attached to the trough, and the v tappet upon thestamping-rod, all combined together as and for the purposes described.

THOS. J. lVOOD.

. .In presence of- J. D. REDMOND, EDWD. S. HAsT.

